Subject: Re: Ultrix for Vax
To: Lord Isildur <mrfusion@jdwarren.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-vax
Date: 02/10/2000 15:08:57
	Wouldn't this be covered by the Ancient Unix licence from SCO?


		David/absolute

On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Lord Isildur wrote:

> 
> hmm. what about those of us who own a source license and thus don't 
> have problems with the AT&T encumberment? 
> 
> yes, the basic reason DEC/theQ cant give away ultrix like they did VMS is
> because they dont own 100% of ultrix. the at&t licensing they have 
> prevents them from doing this. 
> 
> isildur
> 
> On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Allison J Parent wrote:
> > 
> > You have to get to the product manager and ask him.
> > 
> > The basic scoop may be this.  Ultrix is a version of BSD from my 
> > understanding contains some of the encumbered AT&T code.  So they 
> > don't want to sell it(or support it) and they can't give it away.
> > At most they _may_ be able to sell a license.
> > 
> > Allison
>